Definition of Squab

2.n. A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.

3.adv. With a heavy fall; plump.

4.v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.

Definition of Squab

1. Noun. A baby pigeon or dove. ¹

2. Noun. The meat of a squab (i.e. a young (domestic) pigeon or dove) used as food. ¹

3. Noun. A baby rook. ¹

4. Noun. A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squab

1. a young pigeon [n -S]

Medical Definition of Squab

1.
1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. "Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice." (Betterton)
2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.
Origin: Cf. Dial. Sw. Sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. Kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. Quab.
1. A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, especially. When very fat and not fully fledged.
2. A person of a short, fat figure. "Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan." (Cowper)
3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. "Punching the squab of chairs and sofas." (Dickens) "On her large squab you find her spread." (Pope)
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Squab

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1.City Homes on Country Lanes: Philosophy and Practice of the Home-in-a-garden by William Ellsworth Smythe (1921)"The comparatively few who do include broiled squab in their bill-of-fare do so
... As a matter of fact, broiled squab ought to be as common as are canned ..."

3.A complete and universal English dictionaryby James Barclay by James Barclay (1792)"squab-PIE,/, a yie made of ... squab,/ a kind of fofa er couch ; a fluffed million.
In Cookery, a chicken, ice. fo youne я« ..."

4.Mary Elizabeth's War Time Recipes, Containing ... Recipes for Wheatless by Mary Elizabeth (1918)"squab ON HOMINY SQUARES The United States Food Commission says: "Eat delicacies."
So those who love squab may indulge with a clear conscience, provided they ..."

5.Progressive Poultry Culture: A Text-book of Study and Practice in the by Arthur Amber Brigham (1907)"A large number of fowls are grown to maturity and used or sold! for breeding stock.
Not a few birds are grown for exhibition purposes. squab- ..."